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oldtimescfan said...
I went to the UCLA spring game yesterday while my wife went shopping.
A good friend invited me. A crowd of 13,000 showed up including last year's head coach Rick Neuheisal. All of them were treated to some spectacular performances by the UCLA QBs, WRs and a RS freshman RB who is the real thing. His name is Steven Manfro. Manfro did all kinds of spectacular things at Valencia HS but didn't get the attention he deserves. He did everything at the scrimmage including running a KO back for a TD.
How any player with Manfro'sskills could have been overlooked I don't know. He is fast, 5'10" and 190 lbs.
UCLA's QBs threw the ball with uncanny accuracy. I've been to a lot of spring games in 60 years of following CFB, and I don't remember a game with so many long passes so perfectly thrown. It looked like a repeat of the longs bombs at the USC/UCLA game last year. But this was more of a case of perfect throws and great catches than poor coverage. UCLA caught everything that was thrown.
QB Brett Hundley, out of Chandler, AZ looked like a perfect match for OC Noel Mazzone's offense. He's a genuine dual threat. QB Richard Brehaut was also impressive. UCLA looked thin on the OL. Bruin OL Sua-Filo is back from his Mormon mission. He did play but but only in spots. Both centers had a tough time snapping the ball. UCLA has had to move a guard back to center, but it didn't seem to help much Saturday.
UCLA's secondary had 6 pics but most came against backups and walkons. Rick Neuheisal's son Jerry played well at QB. He didn't come in until the 4th quarter but threw a beautiful out pattern for a TD.
DC Lou Spanos showed a lot of enthusiasm on the sideline. But the Bruin defense was not impressive except for the play of DE Datone Jones and S Tevon McDonald. The Bruin LBs were over pursuing throughout the scrimmage.
QB Brett Hundley and RB Steven Manfro are very talented and fit well into Mazone's system of short passed which ASU used to tear USC's defense apart with last year. It's just a spring game but Hundley and Manfro could have very good careers ahead of them. Hundley can run and pass and showed a lot of poise. I know you may not believe what I've shared about Manfro, but I've underplayed how good he was yesterday.
The crowd was enthusiastic. The Bruin fans are not believers yet but there is a lot of hope in Westwood.
There couldn't possibly have been that many positive things occurring at a ucla practice that you wrote about. Are you sure you were in Westwood and not somewhere else???
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oldtimescfan said...
I went to the UCLA spring game yesterday while my wife went shopping.
A good friend invited me. A crowd of 13,000 showed up including last year's head coach Rick Neuheisal. All of them were treated to some spectacular performances by the UCLA QBs, WRs and a RS freshman RB who is the real thing. His name is Steven Manfro. Manfro did all kinds of spectacular things at Valencia HS but didn't get the attention he deserves. He did everything at the scrimmage including running a KO back for a TD.
How any player with Manfro'sskills could have been overlooked I don't know. He is fast, 5'10" and 190 lbs.
UCLA's QBs threw the ball with uncanny accuracy. I've been to a lot of spring games in 60 years of following CFB, and I don't remember a game with so many long passes so perfectly thrown. It looked like a repeat of the longs bombs at the USC/UCLA game last year. But this was more of a case of perfect throws and great catches than poor coverage. UCLA caught everything that was thrown.
QB Brett Hundley, out of Chandler, AZ looked like a perfect match for OC Noel Mazzone's offense. He's a genuine dual threat. QB Richard Brehaut was also impressive. UCLA looked thin on the OL. Bruin OL Sua-Filo is back from his Mormon mission. He did play but but only in spots. Both centers had a tough time snapping the ball. UCLA has had to move a guard back to center, but it didn't seem to help much Saturday.
UCLA's secondary had 6 pics but most came against backups and walkons. Rick Neuheisal's son Jerry played well at QB. He didn't come in until the 4th quarter but threw a beautiful out pattern for a TD.
DC Lou Spanos showed a lot of enthusiasm on the sideline. But the Bruin defense was not impressive except for the play of DE Datone Jones and S Tevon McDonald. The Bruin LBs were over pursuing throughout the scrimmage.
QB Brett Hundley and RB Steven Manfro are very talented and fit well into Mazone's system of short passed which ASU used to tear USC's defense apart with last year. It's just a spring game but Hundley and Manfro could have very good careers ahead of them. Hundley can run and pass and showed a lot of poise. I know you may not believe what I've shared about Manfro, but I've underplayed how good he was yesterday.
The crowd was enthusiastic. The Bruin fans are not believers yet but there is a lot of hope in Westwood.
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oldtimescfan said...
I think shopping is what people will do in hell someday!
All I had to drink was water.
Although the Bruins don't play Oregon or Washington in 2012 they will struggle trying to stop Pac 12 offenses. But Bruin QBs made some uncanny throws none the less. Freshman QB TJ Millweard out of Texas also made some good throws and showed a strong arm. I can't remember a spring game that I've seen over the years where the QBs made so many difficult throws and the receivers caught everything.
WRs Ricky Bell, Darius Marvay and Devin Lucien all had good days.
A lot of people thought Manfro danced too much in HS and would have the same problems Baxter had at USC. They thought he would be going sideways and not straight ahead. But Mazzone did a good job getting the ball in space to Manfro. Hundley was impressive with his short passes and Manfro cut right up the field. Of course the Bruins were not playing against the Alabama defense.
UCLA defense did do a good job of stopping the short passes USC was throwing to Marcus Lee and Robert Woods all night at the coliseum.
If the UCLA spring game was a basketball game I would have to say there was some great outside shooting going on. I'm not just describing lay ups against a lousy defense. There were simply some beautiful passes thrown and caught.
You know how I feel about the Bruins. "If you can't say anything bad, don't say anything at all,"
I wanted to take a look at their offense and defense under Mora and the new coordinators. It's going to be an interesting year in the Pac 12 with all the new coaches and the kinds of offenses USC is going to face.
UCLA also ran their offense with a very fast tempo.
Lane and Monte Kiffin have made some wise decisions with the speed and tackling ability they have at their OLB spots. I hope the Trojans tackle this August in camp. With the type of offenses the Trojans are going to face success against them depends on making that first tackle.
I also got great chicken mole for dinner. Football and mole is better than shopping.
This post was edited by TrojanWarrior1 on 5/7/2012 at 9:01 AM
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Hammer away ye hostile fans Your hammers break oldtimescfan stands
Just kidding!
UCLA is running the ASU offense so at least they have a plan now. The Bruins had no starting LBs playing.
The Bruins were trying to sell tickets. There was no stop promotion going on where USC is about football. So there was lots of talk and enthusiasm about a new coach and a renewed Rose Bowl stadium. Maybe more about hype than preparation.
But Hundley and Manfro did look to be very good athletes. It's going to take a lot to get the Bruin defense ready to play but it is still spring.
I was glad to see the Rose Bowl being improved.
Haha...this might be the most critical blow back that I have ever seen Oldtimer receive.
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A.I. would be proud of you
I was at UCLA's spring game: Some good performances